Cross-cultural aspects of ICT use by older people: preliminary results of a four-country ethnographical study

Josep  Blat; Sergio Sayago; Mirja Kälviäinen; Nicola Morelli; Francesca Rizzo

Cross-cultural aspects of ICT use by older people: preliminary results of a four-country ethnographical study

Josep Blat, Sergio Sayago, Mirja Kälviäinen, Nicola Morelli, Francesca Rizzo

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Abstract

Culture is crucial in understanding how people use technologies
and designing better ones. However, very little is known about
cross-cultural aspects of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) use by older people (60+), despite the
heterogeneity of this user group. This short paper addresses this
issue by drawing on an ethnographical study of ICT use
conducted with over 120 people, aged 67-71, in four European
countries: Finland, Denmark, Italy and Spain, over a 6-month
period. The preliminary results show that making a social,
independent and worth use of ICT are common aspects across the
four countries, despite the so-called heterogeneity of older people
as ICT users. This short paper also touches on two key aspects
which emerged from the study, engaging older people in research
and the evolution of some barriers to technology use.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference
Publikationsdato	2011
Sider	9-12
ISBN (Elektronisk)	1-58113-000-0/00/0010
Status	Udgivet - 2011

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Cross-cultural aspects of ICT use by older people: preliminary results of a four-country ethnographical study. / Blat, Josep ; Sayago, Sergio; Kälviäinen, Mirja et al.
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Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/konference proceeding › Konferenceartikel i proceeding › Forskning › peer review

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